Usually the character appears as a cartoon taking the form of a muscular, tan, bald man in a skin-tight, white, t-shirt. He has white eyebrows, and occasionally a white mustache. P&G claim the character was intended to be a US Navysailor, but his tendency to appear out of nowhere or in reflective surfaces, along with the earring in his left ear, have led some to believe he is meant to be a genie. House Peters, Jr. was the first person to portray the character in live action. While he normally doesn’t speak, in the mid-1960’s, he was given his only speaking lines via actor Mark Dana.

During the “Give Mr. Clean a First Name” promotion in 1962, he was given the first name “Veritably”. With a name like that, I’d be embarrassed to use it also.